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LadyMissA

RobLondon1984 wrote: »

I had a job interview, and according to the TFL website, the journey takes 56 minutes. I though this was too long, and didn't go. Now I am kind of regretting it, since I have no other job interviews. It cost either £3.80, £4.40 or £5 return a day.

My current job takes 21 minutes (quickest) to get there, and 25 minutes (quickest) to get home. It usually takes around 30-40 minutes due to waiting for the bus and traffic and it costs £2.60 return a day.

Now, I am looking for jobs within 40 minutes from home, is this reasonable? Would you turn down a job if you it took 56 minutes to get there? I don't have any information on wage or hours. But I know the wage and hours are likely to be more then my current job, since I work 19.5 hours/week at £6.88/hour.

LOL sorry? It takes 56 minutes?!! Is that a long time?

I used to go from Barking to Ealing Broadway many years ago and that's a lot longer door to door

If you are unemployed 13 weeks or more you have to by law agree to travel 1hr 30 mins EACH WAY!!

Simon11

You clearly haven't understood how differcult it is to get a job. I've looked for two proper jobs in my life, and it took 8 months of applying to get a job offer.... Then it takes a while to get the contract signed ect. Jobs are hard to come by!> I'm 22 by the way

It takes me an 1hr 15mins from Door to Office, which isn't too bad getting a metro paper on the tube. A benefit is that it only costs me £2.10 a day for the return trip from zone 5-1

LadyMissA

RobLondon1984 wrote: »

No need to be rude

Jobs don't tell you how where the job is or how long it takes there. If I knew, I wouldn't apply there.

Because if it was a direct employer then you look them up first

RobLondon1984

Simon11 wrote: »

You clearly haven't understood how differcult it is to get a job. I've looked for two proper jobs in my life, and it took 8 months of applying to get a job offer.... Then it takes a while to get the contract signed ect. Jobs are hard to come by!> I'm 22 by the way

It takes me an 1hr 15mins from Door to Office, which isn't too bad getting a metro paper on the tube. A benefit is that it only costs me £2.10 a day for the return trip from zone 5-1

How comes it only cost you £2.10? Do you have family working in transport?

RobLondon1984

LadyMissA wrote: »

Because if it was a direct employer then you look them up first

The employer rang me, telling me about the job location.

When you look at jobs on websites. They are very vague and you don't even know what the employer is.

Simon11

I get 75% off Oyster due to company I work for in the rail industry:D The way to go

However I won't have got here without doing the rubbish jobs, which include cleaning toilets...

LadyMissA

RobLondon1984 wrote: »

The employer rang me, telling me about the job location.

When you look at jobs on websites. They are very vague and you don't even know what the employer is.

I do know as I too am looking for work and never apply for a direct job unless they tell me in the advert a rough location of where it is. If they saw city I know its 30 mins if they say west end I know its 45 if they say west London I know it's an hr plus

RobLondon1984

LadyMissA wrote: »

LOL sorry? It takes 56 minutes?!! Is that a long time?

I used to go from Barking to Ealing Broadway many years ago and that's a lot longer door to door

If you are unemployed 13 weeks or more you have to by law agree to travel 1hr 30 mins EACH WAY!!

Well, 56 minutes according to TFL, it could be 2 hours due to delays.

LadyMissA

RobLondon1984 wrote: »

Well, 56 minutes according to TFL, it could be 2 hours due to delays.

2 hours? Where are you travelling from and too?

mountainofdebt

RobLondon1984 wrote: »

I don't care what the employer think, even if he doesn't want to interview me, I can look for other jobs.

You clearly don't grasp the fact, that when you apply for jobs, the employers don't tell you where the job location is. It could be 5 minutes away, but the employer told me it was in an area that was 56 minutes. I clearly should of written that since some people are too stupid to understand.

Look - stop trying to justify a stupid decision.

An hour's travel is nothing in the great scheme of things and tbh if I don't have to do the driving then the journey home is my wind down time so that by the time I get home the frustrations of the day have passed.